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泄气

xiè qì

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 洩氣

What 泄气 means

1. to leak (gas)
2. to be discouraged
3. to despair
4. (disparaging) pathetic
5. to vent one's anger
6. (of a tire) to be flat

The characters in 泄气

• 泄xiè(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Sounds the same

Read xiè qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 懈气to slacken off; to take it easy